Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez

Dredging and Beach Restoration Projects; Directing the Department of Environmental Protection to require, as a condition of permits issued for certain dredging and beach restoration projects, that any adverse impact analysis conducted for the activity meet certain requirements; requiring a local government to provide notice of its intent to conduct an analysis to certain adjacent local governments, etc.

911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revising the definition of the term “first responder” to include 911 public safety telecommunicators, for purposes of applying special provisions relating to employment-related accidents and injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators; revising the definition of the term “public safety telecommunication training program,” to increase the number of hours of required training and specify the nature of the additional training; specifying circumstances under which 911 public safety telecommunicators are considered to be acting within the scope of their employment so as to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, etc.

Water Safety; Requiring a state park to have a certified lifeguard on duty at designated swimming areas within the park during certain timeframes; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to install a water rescue station at each designated swimming area; requiring comprehensive age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate K-12 instruction on water safety, etc.

Service of Process; Requiring the person in charge of a private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite to confirm to a process server that the person to be served maintains a private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or mini suite at that location; prohibiting such person in charge from refusing to verify if the person maintains a private mailbox, a virtual office, or an executive office or a mini suite; authorizing service of process on a registered agent, partner, or other specified person or entity if certain conditions exist; revising the hours during the day that the office of a registered agent of specified entities must be open to accept service of process, etc.

Specialty License Plates; Renaming the “Give the Kids the World” specialty license plate as the “Universal Orlando Resort” specialty license plate; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Recycle Florida license plate and a Florida Association of Realtors license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plates, etc.

Regulatory Assessment Fees; Exempting certain rules adopted by the Florida Public Service Commission relating to regulatory assessment fees from the required filing of statements of estimated regulatory costs and from submission for legislative ratification, etc.

Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs; Authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to access sanitary sewer laterals within their jurisdictions for specified purposes; requiring counties and municipalities to notify private property owners within a specified timeframe if the county or municipality intends to access the owner’s sanitary sewer lateral; specifying requirements for counties and municipalities repair work; authorizing a program established by a county or a municipality to evaluate and rehabilitate sanitary sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties to use state or local funds allocated for environmental preservation or the protection of water quality, etc.

Child Water Safety Requirements; Citing this act as the "Kareem Angel Green Act"; providing that certain organizations that care for or supervise children must require parents or legal guardians to attest certain information in writing before taking children under their care or supervision to public bathing places or public swimming pools; providing requirements for such organizations when they conduct certain activities in public bathing places or public swimming pools; providing an exception, etc.

Improvements to Real Property; Revising the definition of the term “local government” for purposes of provisions governing the financing of certain improvements to real property, etc.

Certified Nurse Midwives; Requiring certain certified nurse midwives, in order to provide out-of-hospital intrapartum care, to maintain a written policy for the transfer of patients needing a higher acuity of care or emergency services; requiring that such policy prescribe and require the use of an emergency plan-of-care form; requiring such certified nurse midwives to document specified information on the form if the transfer of care is determined to be necessary; requiring certified nurse midwives, before such transfer of the patient, to verbally provide the receiving provider with specified information, etc.